The Aged Jewish Person and the Slum Environment

Physical workplace adjustments to support neurodivergent workers: A systematic review

“…Our framework for the narrative synthesis is rooted in Lawton's (1987) revised ecological model of Person‐Environment (P‐E) fit, which has been widely used in vulnerable group research (cf. Cvitkovich & Wister, 2001) and in workplace design research (e.g.…”

“…This P–E fit model explains the multi‐tiered subjective dimensions of P–E fit where behaviour and well‐being are a result of how the environment meets the needs of the individual. Lawton (1987) specifies that the environment consists of social and physical dimensions, the latter differentiates between the objective measurable environment and the phenomenal environment. Thus, we frame the physical environment as offering demands, resources, affordances and meanings.…”

Change and Predictors of Change in Social Skills of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

“…A minimal level of social skill is necessary for meaningful interaction. Yet, as Lawton 1,2 noted, interaction is a basic need of those with dementia, even though their context becomes more restricted as dementia progresses. 3,4 A lack of interaction can also lead to loneliness, 5 –7 and we know that those with fewer social skills in nursing homes are less likely engaged with nurses, more likely socially isolated, 8 and more likely prescribed antipsychotic drugs.…”

Sociology of Religion and the Aged: The Empirical Lacunae

“…In addition to general works and summaries of research findings (Caven, et al, 1949;Maves and Cedarleaf, 1949;Hunter and Maurice, 1953;Scudder, 1958;Maves, 1960; White House Conference on Aging, 1961;Gray and Moberg, 1962;Moberg, 1965;Moberg, 1965c;Riley and Foner, 1968; White House Conference on Aging, 1971) and miscellaneous studies (Fichter, 1952;Gorer, 1955;Catholic Charities of St. Louis, 1955;McCann, 1955;Cauter and Downham, 1964;Heenan, 1968;Buxbaum, 1969;Weihl, 1970;Lawton, Kleban, and Singer, 1971), the research in the area of religion and the aged may be conveniently divided into four categories: (1) organizational participation, (2) the meaning of religion to the aged, (3) religion and personal adjustment for the aged, and (4) religion and death.…”